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« on: September 02, 2015, 08:56:49 PM »

I like James Carville's definition of a swing state, which is that if you were told the outcome in that state you wouldn't be able to judge the outcome of the election as a whole. If you were told the Republicans carried Colorado, you wouldn't be able to gather all that much about the election as a whole. But, if you were told the Democrats carried North Carolina, you could reasonably assume it was a strong Democratic win.

Under that definition Florida wouldn't be a swing state. If FL goes DD their candidate wins the White House. 

Florida is not a pure swing-state either.

The pure swing states are:

GOP 235
Ohio
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Virginia
DEM 237
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